District: Providence
Author: Matt Sheehan

Performance


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Number of schools in this district whose students met state proficiency standards as compared similar students statewide.

School Types
Below
Comparison Group

Same as
Comparison Group

Above
Comparison Group

Total Number of
Schools

Elementary




Math
8
8
10
26
Reading
8
12
6
26
Writing
8
9
9
26
Middle School




Math
0
6
2
8
Reading
0
6
2
8
Writing
0
7
1
8
High School




Math (skills)
0
12
3
15
Math (problem solving)
0
12
3
15
Reading
5
6
4
15
Writing
3
7
5
15
Your District Classification:(see bottom of page)
The district has not made adequate yearly progress.
Intervention status: 7th year
Regents Commended Schools:
None
Schools identified for improvement:
1-8 years in increasing order

Asa Messer Elementary School & Annex

Hope Leadership School

Robert L Bailey IV, Elementary School

Cooley/Health & Sci Tech Acad

William D’Abate Elementary School

Edmund W. Flynn Elementary School

Carl G. Lauro Elementary School

E-Cubed Academy

Harry Kizirian Elementary School

Hope Arts School

Hope Information Technology School

George J. West Elementary School

Samuel W. Bridgham Middle School

Sgt Cornel Young Elementary

Central High School

Gilbert Stuart Middle School

Veazie Street School

Feinstein High School

Mount Pleasant High School

Roger Williams Middle School

Oliver Hazard Perry Middle School


Analysis Paragraph:

The Providence School District performance is overall in a poor state. There are 21 schools in the districs that are identified for improvment ranging from 1 to 8 years. On top of that, there are no Regents Commended schools. 65% (30 schools) made insufficient yearly progress for improvment while only 16 schools (35%) made sufficient yearly progress in the school year 2007-2008. Each grade levels have their own positives and negatives for performence standards.

Elementry Schools in Providence ended up having 8 schools below comparison level for reading, writing, and math, which is around 31%. They seemed to do the best in math with 10 out of the 26 schools (38%) being above comparison group. The problem is that 10 out of 26 schools is much less than half of the elementry schools preforming above the average in math, while even less are in reading (6 schools, 23%) and writing (9 schools, 35%). Most of the Elementry Schools had met the comparison group in reading with 12 schools (46%), where as in writing 9 schools (35%) exceded the comparison group for the state.

The Middle Schools faired the best with no schools in the below comparison level range for any subject, although there are only 8 schools total which is less than the Elementry total. The results were pretty consistant with 6 out of the 8 schools (75%) at the comparison level for reading and math and 7 schools (88%) for writing. Above the comparison level only 2 out of the 8 schools (25%) reached this level in math and reading while only 1 school did so in writing (13%).

High Schools in Providence preformed mostly at the comparison level with a few schools towards either end of the spectrum. In math, there were no schools that preformed below comparison level. Math included the most school (12 out of the 15 schools, 80%) preforming the same as the comparison group. Math had the fewest schools above the average with only 3 out of the 15 (20%). Writing had the highest number of schools preforming above comparions level with 5 schools (34%), but had 3 schools (20%) below average and 7 schools (47%) at average. Reading had the most schools in the below comparison range 5 below comparison level (34%), 6 at comparison level (40%), and only 4 schools above comparison level (27%).

Overall, in math Elementry Schools had the highest percentage of schools (38%) above comparison level out of the 3 grade schools, they also scored highest in writing with 34% above comparison level in writing, only 1% higher than High Schools but still the highest out of the 3. Lastly in reading, surprisingly the High Schools had the highest percentage of schools above comparison level with 27% but also had the highest number of schools in the below comparison group level too. This data shows that the providence district had a lot of work to do to get these schools up to par with the state and to thrive with the best schools. The High Schools seem to me to need the most work, being such an imporatant time for learning and getting ready for college that the schools should all be at or above comparison group. It also seems that their is a paradox with the fact that a school system can have the highest percentage of schools doing above average while they still have an even larger amount below. This distric needs a lot of work to get the schools up to state levels, and it must start with the schools meeting the adequete yearly progress which so many did not.